17, 3 Merrill: Noteworthy Philippine Plants, XVI 295 
; COMBRETACEAE 
TERMINALIA Linnaeus 
TERMINALIA SURIGAENSIS sp. nov. § Diptera. 
Arbor parva, glabra, ramulis incrassatis, 1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, 
cicatricibus multis instructis; foliis numerosis, confertis, coria- 
ceis, anguste oblongo-obovatis ad oblanceolatis, 10 ad 14 em longis, 
basi cuneatis, apice obtusis ad rotundatis, nervis utrinque circiter 
10, tenuibus; inflorescentiis simplicibus, 7 ad 13 cm longis; fruc- 
tibus 2-alatis, late ellipticis, 1.5 ad 1.8 cm longis et latis, apice 
retusis apiculatisque. 
A glabrous tree, about 6 m high, the ultimate branchlets 
thickened, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, marked with numerous 
crowded scars of fallen leaves. Leaves densely crowded at the 
tips of the branchlets, narrowly oblong-obovate to oblanceo- 
late, 10 to 14 cm long, 2 to 5 em wide, coriaceous, shin- 
ing, yellowish-green or brownish when dry, gradually narrowed 
to the cuneate base, the apex obtuse to rounded; lateral nerves 
about 10 on each side of the midrib, slender; petioles 1 to 1.5 
cm long, usually with 2 rather conspicuous glands. In- 
florescences axillary, simple, 7 to 13 cm long. Flowers reddish. 
Calyx funnel-shaped, glabrous, about 5 mm long, the teeth 5, 
triangular, acute. Fruits 2-winged, including the wings broadly 
elliptic, 1.5 to 1.8 em long and nearly as wide, the apex retuse 
and reticulate, base rounded, the seed-bearing portion of the 
fruit plane on one side and somewhat keeled on the other, the 
wings coriaceous. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34711 (type), 24600, 
Ramos & Pascasio, April 25 and June 15, 1919, along streams 
at low altitudes ascending to 350 meters. 
A species very similar in appearance and very closely allied 
to Terminalia darlingii Merr., from which it is distinguished 
by its smaller leaves and fruits. 
MELASTOMATACEAE 
MEDINILLA Gaudichaud 
MEDINILLA CAPITATA sp. nov. 
Frutex epiphyticus, scandens, ramis ramulisque teretibus, part- 
ibus junioribus stellato-pubescens; foliis oppositis, subsessilibus, 
penninerviis, obovato-ellipticis, usque ad 13 cm longis, acuminatis, 
basi rotundatis vel obscure cordatis, nervis utrinque 3; inflo- 
rescentiis lateralibus, solitariis, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, subglobosis 
ad ovoideis, densis; floribus 5-meris, racemosis; bracteis ovatis- 
obovatis ad spatulatis, 10 ad 13 mm longis. 
